Chenguang arrived at our house wearing a yellow shirt with a glittery white unicorn and faded jeans. She was eating a bag of sour spaghetti gummy candy and she offered me some. I shook my head and said I would rather die.
“If you want to be effective, then ask for help. This makes other people feel needed, draws them together in a shared purpose. What’s more, by taking this simple but vulnerable step, we start to build the community we are longing for.”
― Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
― Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
“If there is one principle that has shaped my last three years of ministry, it is this: pull people in at every turn. Never do anything alone. Why? Because even God exists in community within Himself.”
― Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
― Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
“You and I need friends who, instead of trying to fix us, help us to fix our eyes more firmly on Jesus.”
― Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
― Find Your People: Building Deep Community in a Lonely World
“And that was the moment I realized: when the world felt dark and scary, love could whisk you off to go dancing; laughter could take some of the pain away; beauty could punch holes in your fear. I decided then that my life would be full of all three.”
― Beach Read
― Beach Read
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